1 No ano quatrocentos e oitenta, depois de saírem os filhos de Israel do Egito, Salomão, no ano quarto do seu reinado sobre Israel, no mês de zive (este é o mês segundo), começou a edificar a Casa do Senhor. 2 A casa que o rei Salomão edificou ao Senhor era de sessenta côvados de comprimento, vinte de largura e trinta de altura. 3 O pórtico diante do templo da casa media vinte côvados no sentido da largura do Lugar Santo, contra dez de fundo. 4 Para a casa, fez janelas de fasquias fixas superpostas. 5 Contra a parede da casa, tanto do santuário como do Santo dos Santos, edificou andares ao redor e fez câmaras laterais ao redor. 6 O andar de baixo tinha cinco côvados de largura, o do meio, seis, e o terceiro, sete; porque, pela parte de fora da casa em redor, fizera reentrâncias para que as vigas não fossem introduzidas nas paredes. 7 Edificava-se a casa com pedras já preparadas nas pedreiras, de maneira que nem martelo, nem machado, nem instrumento algum de ferro se ouviu na casa quando a edificavam. 8 A porta da câmara do meio do andar térreo estava ao lado sul da casa, e por caracóis se subia ao segundo e, deste, ao terceiro. 9 Assim, edificou a casa e a rematou, cobrindo-a com um tabuado de cedro. 10 Os andares que edificou contra a casa toda eram de cinco côvados de altura, e os ligou com a casa com madeira de cedro.

11 Então, veio a palavra do Senhor a Salomão, dizendo: 12 Quanto a esta casa que tu edificas, se andares nos meus estatutos, e executares os meus juízos, e guardares todos os meus mandamentos, andando neles, cumprirei para contigo a minha palavra, a qual falei a Davi, teu pai. 13 E habitarei no meio dos filhos de Israel e não desampararei o meu povo.

14 Assim, edificou Salomão a casa e a rematou. 15 Também revestiu as paredes da casa por dentro com tábuas de cedro; desde o soalho da casa até ao teto, cobriu com madeira por dentro; e cobriu o piso da casa com tábuas de cipreste. 16 Da mesma sorte, revestiu também os vinte côvados dos fundos da casa com tábuas de cedro, desde o soalho até ao teto; e esse interior ele constituiu em santuário, a saber, o Santo dos Santos. 17 Era, pois, o Santo Lugar do templo de quarenta côvados. 18 O cedro da casa por dentro era lavrado de colocíntidas e flores abertas; tudo era cedro, pedra nenhuma se via. 19 No mais interior da casa, preparou o Santo dos Santos para nele colocar a arca da Aliança do Senhor. 20 Era o Santo dos Santos de vinte côvados de comprimento, vinte de largura e vinte de altura; cobriu-o de ouro puro. Cobriu também de ouro o altar de cedro. 21 Por dentro, Salomão revestiu a casa de ouro puro; e fez passar cadeias de ouro por dentro do Santo dos Santos, que também cobrira de ouro. 22 Assim, cobriu de ouro toda a casa, inteiramente, e também todo o altar que estava diante do Santo dos Santos.

23 No Santo dos Santos, fez dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um da altura de dez côvados. 24 Cada asa de um querubim era de cinco côvados; dez côvados havia, pois, de uma a outra extremidade de suas asas. 25 Assim, também era de dez côvados o outro querubim; ambos mediam o mesmo e eram da mesma forma. 26 A altura de um querubim era de dez côvados; e assim a do outro. 27 Pôs os querubins no mais interior da casa; os querubins estavam de asas estendidas, de maneira que a asa de um tocava numa parede, e a asa do outro tocava na outra parede; e as suas asas no meio da casa tocavam uma na outra. 28 E cobriu de ouro os querubins.

29 Nas paredes todas, tanto no mais interior da casa como no seu exterior, lavrou, ao redor, entalhes de querubins, palmeiras e flores abertas. 30 Também cobriu de ouro o soalho, tanto no mais interior da casa como no seu exterior. 31 Para entrada do Santo dos Santos, fez folhas de madeira de oliveira; a verga com as ombreiras formavam uma porta pentagonal. 32 Assim, fabricou de madeira de oliveira duas folhas e lavrou nelas entalhes de querubins, de palmeiras e de flores abertas; a estas, como as palmeiras e os querubins, cobriu de ouro. 33 Fez, para entrada do Santo Lugar, ombreiras de madeira de oliveira; entrada quadrilateral, 34 cujas duas folhas eram de madeira de cipreste; e as duas tábuas de cada folha eram dobradiças. 35 E as lavrou de querubins, de palmeiras e de flores abertas e as cobriu de ouro acomodado ao lavor.

36 Também edificou o átrio interior de três ordens de pedras cortadas e de uma ordem de vigas de cedro. 37 No ano quarto, se pôs o fundamento da Casa do Senhor, no mês de zive. 38 E, no ano undécimo, no mês de bul, que é o oitavo, se acabou esta casa com todas as suas dependências, tal como devia ser. Levou Salomão sete anos para edificá-la.

1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work. 5 And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about. 6 The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. 10 And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

11 And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying, 12 Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. 18 And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19 And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. 20 And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.

23 And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees. 33 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall; 34 and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. 36 And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

1 In the four hundred and eightieth "year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD.

2 The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high. [^2]

3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, "and projected ten cubits "from the front of the temple.

4 He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls.

5 Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.

6 The lowest floor was five cubits "wide, the middle floor six cubits "and the third floor seven. "He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.

8 The entrance to the lowest "floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

9 So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.

10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

11 The word of the LORD came to Solomon:

12 "As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.

13 And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel."

14 So Solomon built the temple and completed it.

15 He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper.

16 He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

17 The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits "long.

18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.

19 He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

21 Solomon covered the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.

22 So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

23 For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits —ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.

25 The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.

26 The height of each cherub was ten cubits.

27 He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.

30 He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.

31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary.

32 And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

33 In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

34 He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

37 The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

38 In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.